A University of Central Florida chemist has come up with a unique way to kill certain cancer cells – give them acid reflux.
Chemistry professor Kevin Belfield used a special salt to make cancer
cells more acidic – similar to the way greasy foods cause acid reflux
in some people. He used a light-activated, acid-generating molecule to
make the cells more acidic when exposed to specific wavelengths of
light, which in turn kills the bad cells. The surrounding healthy cells
stay intact.
Kevin Belfield works in his lab at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. (Credit: University of Central Florida) |
Credit: http://today.ucf.edu
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